Funny, but I am urging caution. Other polls today show other Dems ahead again in a few races Fox said were shifting.

I have been following Fivethirtyeight, which knock it as liberal as you want has been pretty accurate. I also am no longer paying much attention to the samples this cycle because that proved fruitless in 2012. The oversampled Dems were right that time.

We definitely will come CLOSE to taking the Senate. There are just a few races that will determine the final outcome. Frankly, I don’t know if taking over the Senate is the best outcome for the GOP due to getting the blame for anything the Dems can pin on the Senate, but due to our awful headwinds in 2016 in which LOSING the Senate if we get it this year is almost guaranteed, I am willing to risk it.

At least any SCOTUS retirements would be held at bay.

I am betting we will take the Senate, but I am betting with only a one-seat advantage, which like in the early Bush years could easily switch again with a defection.

The problem is, in 2016, us keeping the Senate is a virtual impossibility. We have too many seats in play. It’s just not going to happen. If we win it this year, WE WILL LOSE it in 2016. Not even a doubt.

I don’t see why anybody these days doesn’t use their own cloth bags. I can get two weeks of groceries with 4 cloth bags. It literally takes a good 10-15 with plastic bags, which means at least 3 trips to the car. It’s absurd.

We are doing just fine, and will net $40k on a house we bought just 5 years ago thanks to the oil boom here in West Texas.

But, it’s location.

If I were back home in Kansas, we would not be doing so well. Teaching salaries have barely budged there in five years, only a couple grand. Here, they have gone up close to 10 grand in that time because the economy is booming.

I have some sympathy for the guy. His opinion on the war changed. But, he signed up to do the job. You can’t quit the military in war. I would not be in favor of a lengthy prison sentence, but he needs to be behind bars for some time.